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Meet Iran’s presidential election candidates
On 15 May, the registration of presidential candidates was closed. Hundreds of individuals signed up for the highest executive office, but only about 50 are genuine political figures. Up until 26 May, the Guardian Council (GC) will review and vet candidates and then...
Election update: Khamenei clearing the conservative field for Ali Larijani?
Iran is less than two months away from its next presidential election, but no one knows who the leading candidates will be. There are, however, strong indications that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has asked the heads of judiciary and the legislative branches, Ebrahim...
Jail for former IRGC commanders
So far, Iran’s campaign against corruption has always been understood as a platform for the marginalisation of political opponents. Court cases and prison sentences against President Hassan Rohani’s brother, Hossein Fereidoun, or close confidantes of former president...